THERE was no doubt who would win the election in Hong Kong for the post of chief executive, as the territory’s leader is known. The choice was made on March 26th at Hong Kong’s harbour-front convention centre by nearly 1,200 members of a committee stacked with supporters of the Communist Party in Beijing. Carrie Lam, the party’s favourite, won 67% of their votes. As the outcome became clear, Mrs Lam’s supporters in the public gallery cheered and waved Chinese flags. Much more in doubt was whether Mrs Lam could command the support of the public. After she was declared the winner, protesters in front of the stage held up yellow umbrellas—a symbol of those who demand that the chief executive be chosen by the public. Mrs Lam will take over a bitterly divided society.
Pro-democracy members of the election committee (about a quarter of the total) mostly backed a rival candidate, John Tsang. Until last year Mr Tsang had served as Hong Kong’s financial secretary, one of the territory's most senior positions after the chief executive and that recently...Continue reading
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